Sun Myung Moon

Sun Myung Moon (25 February 1920-3 September 2012) was a Korean religious leader who founded the Unification Church cult in 1954. He claimed to be the "true father" of the movement alongside his wife Hak Ja Han, and his church was known for its mass weddings.

Biography
Sun Myung Moon was born in Chongju, Japanese Korea in 1920, and his family converted to Christianity while he was a child. In 1947, he was sentenced to a North Korean labor camp for five years after he was convicted of spying for South Korea. In 1954, influenced by the conservative and family-oriented teachings of the Bible, he founded the Unification Church new religious movement. He claimed to be a messiah, and he was known to match thousands of followers with each other for marriages; he claimed that he was a perfect man who could create a perfect family. Moon wrote Divine Principle, which became the sacred text of the faith, and his followers became known as "Moonies". In 1971, he moved to the United States, and he became famous for his public speeches. In 1982, he was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for income tax evasion, but he continued to lead his cult until his death in 2012. His wife Hak Ja Han succeeded him as the new leader of the church.